’Midst the Wild Carpathians · Character
Lady Apafi
Apafi's devoted wife, whose terror at his summons by the Turks and whose childbed deliverance bind the prince's private fears to Transylvania's public fate.
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Also known as Apafi
First appearance: iii a prince in his own despite
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Lady Apafi clings to her husband as he girds on his sword to answer Ali Pasha's summons, her lamentations betraying how deeply she dreads the Turkish world that holds their future. Her fear is answered almost at once by…
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- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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